Overalls



G. :P. EVANS.

Overalls.

No. 236,012. Patented Dec. 28,1880.

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UNITE STATES" PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE P. E VANS, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 236,012, dated December28, 1880. Application filed May 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE P. Evans, of

7 Fort Wayne, Allencounty, State of Indiana,

have invented certainv new and useful Im provements in Overalls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is well known that such garments as overalls, which are drawn on overthe other clothes, and are thus subjected to unusual friction andconsequent strain, require greater strength and are more liable to ripin certain places than is the case with garments which are drawn on nearthe skin. This strain acts mainlyin line with the legs, tending toseparate the two at the crotch, on which the strain mostly concentrates,and which, as overalls are usually made, also happens to be the weakestpoint, since the crotch is usually formed ofseveral pieces, and theseams securing the pieces are, in most all cases, arranged at rightangles, or nearly so, to the lines of strain, which is, of course, theweakest position, and thus renders the crotch weak and liableto rip.

In the annexed drawing is illustrated my assh'own. The edges of thecrotch-piece are sewed to the edges of the leg-pieces where theleg-pieces lap or meet, as shown, and preferably a double parallel seamsecures the edge of the crotch-piece to the legs, as illustrated. Bythis formation and arrangement of the crotch-piece it will be readilyseen that not only no seam is formed at the central or crotch part ofthe garment, but that. the axis of the seamless crotch-piece A isbrought in line with the direction of the legs, and the marginal seamssecuring the crotch-piece is accordingly brought in line with the linesof strain; hence all the stitches of these seams act conjointly toresist this strain, thus re-enforcing each other and imparting greatstrength to what has heretofore been a weak point. In addition to theadvantage of strength, this construction renders the garment more easyto wear, and is also neater and cheaper to manufacture.

Another advantage I derive from my construction is as follows: Incutting out the front and back portions of overalls or pantaloons in theordinary manner, the projecting parts ofthe front and back portions,near the fly and seat, are, in order to save cloth, cut separately fromremnants of the material, and afterward sewed to the back and frontparts and to each other, thus requiring eight seams; and one of theobjects of my invention is to form these separate crotch-pieces ofasingle piece, which is sewed to the back and front parts, thusdispensing with four seams and rendering the .construction simpler,stronger, and cheaper.

I do not wish to be understood as laying any claim merely to a seamlesscrotch -piece inserted in the crotch of overalls or similar garmentswithout reference to the form thereof and its arrangen'ient withreference to the legs and the lines of strain, as I am aware that aseamless crotch-piece has heretofore been inserted in drawers, as shownin Letters Patent granted to Irving A. Howe for improvements in drawers,dated August 8, 1871, No. 117,885; and I therefore lay no claim to suchinvention,

1 in which the crotch-piece is of a contracted irregular form, havingits longest axis arranged at right angles to the axis of the legs, withits attaching-seams at right angles to the lines of strain, and hence inthe position of the least strength, and therefore unfit for the purposesof my invention.

hat I claim as my invention is- Overalls provided with a crotch-piece,A, of an elongated diamond shape, made in one piece and insertedcentrally in the crotch between the fly and seat, and arranged centrallybetween the legs, with its long axis substantially in line with andextending down each leg, and its attaching-seams formedin line with thelegs and lines of strain, substantially as described and shown, and forthe purpose set forth.

GEORGE P. EVANS. Witnesses:

HENRY J. MILLER, UNAS SHOW.

